X Resolution FB dev

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: X Resolution FB dev
started by: Vendigo

Posted by Vendigo on May 06 2005,07:16

HI folks!

I got a Toshiba Portege for a gift, no cdrom, no floppy...

I removed the HD, installed DSL and now I have 1024x768 on a screen that does only support 800x600 and I´m f*ing too stupid to find where to change that. xsetup.sh does not do it for I have to use XFBdev (Xvesa turns the screen all nice stripey blue) and anything I write into lilo commandlines is properly ignored...

I´m sure it is not much so, if anyone finds the time, your help is highly appreciated..

Cheers from Vienna,

Vendigo

Posted by cbagger01 on May 07 2005,02:54

Press the F3 key at boot time for other framebuffer boot codes.

For example:

dsl vga=788 xsetup

for an 800x600x16bit framebuffer.

If you have an hdinstall or a frugal install, you will need to edit your lilo.conf and change the vga= code to the new number.

Then save the file and re-run lilo again.

Posted by Vendigo on May 07 2005,10:15

Hell, yeah. Aint it amazing what you can do with a little number.

Lilo.conf accepts my vga=0x314 (800x600x16) well. Seems I forgot the "0x" .... shame on me.

Thanks a lot!

Vendigo